ARE WE ALONE? WEEK RETURNS TO SCIENCE THIS MARCH

ARE WE ALONE? WEEK RETURNS TO SCIENCE THIS MARCH

Since 2012 Science Channel has been sparking viewers’ curiosity about space and the potential for life on other planets with ARE WE ALONE? WEEK, beginning Monday, March 2 through Friday, March 6. Each night exclusive world premiere programming will explore the science, the facts and the fiction behind mankind’s most pressing question. According to scientists, there 40 billion habitable planets in our galaxy, suggesting that the universe is teeming with life. But why haven’t we discovered any yet? Our technology has grown leaps and bounds yet are humans still the only intelligent beings in the universe?

New to ARE WE ALONE? WEEK, Science Channel shares stories of those individuals who are brave enough to admit to encounters with out-of-this-world experiences. Science Channel visited the 2015 UFO Congress to speak to those who have experienced life beyond this planet as they share their tales for the first time.

Viewers will also have a chance to enjoy encore presentations of past seasons of ARE WE ALONE? WEEK favorites with updated features including NASA’s UNEXPLAINED FILES, CLOSE ENOUNTERS and UFO CONSPIRACIES

PROGRAM LINEUP

MONDAY, MARCH 2

10 p.m. EST NASA’s Unexplained Files: Life in Hell (WORLD PREMIERE)

A UFO crash lands in Pennsylvania. Was it a top secret Soviet satellite — or something far more dangerous? On the red-hot surface of Mercury, NASA finds the impossible: frozen water. Could there be life on this fiery hell? A strange object causes a skyscraper-sized shadow on the surface of Mars’s largest moon. What is it, and how did it get there? NASA’s Unexplained Files examines the dark side of space exploration, as astronauts and scientists reveal mysteries seemingly ripped from science fiction.

TUESDAY, MARCH 3

9p.m. EST WHAT ON EARTH? Finding Sodom (WORLD PREMIERE)

NASA astronaut Mike Barratt, describes photographing a strange ring in the ice on the world’s oldest and most mysterious lake from the International Space Station. More rings on Lake Baikal have been seen since, they baffle scientists.

10 p.m. EST Close Encounters: Hunting Season (WORLD PREMIERE)

Two brothers witness something extraordinary that defies explanation while hunting in Idaho. A strange metal craft passes over Antananarivo, Madagascar plunging it into darkness for almost 10 minutes. Thousands of citizens witness the event.

10:30 p.m. EST Close Encounters: Alien Assault (WORLD PREMIERE)

Texas police receive several calls about a 200-foot flying object from local citizens. Two farmers witness the strange sighting up close. In Scotland, a property inspector is knocked unconscious when he comes in contact with a strange metallic object.

Was the Moon landing faked? Startling images of Mercury reveal massive spider-like formations on its surface. Is it a complex system of trenches — or something much more ominous? A top secret space shuttle mission ends in near-disaster, but many of the mission’s details remain classified. What was NASA’s secret mission? NASA’s Unexplained Files examines the dark side of space exploration, as astronauts and scientists reveal mysteries seemingly ripped from science fiction.

THURSDAY, MARCH 5

10 p.m. EST UFO Conspiracies: UFO Dogfight (WORLD PREMIERE)

A string of lights crashes into Canadian waters, and the government declares a UFO incident; a silvery object streaks across the New Zealand skies at high speed; and, in Iran, fighters are scrambled to investigate a UFO, leading to a bizarre dogfight.

FRIDAY, MARCH 6

10 p.m. EST Close Encounters: Alien Vampires (WORLD PREMIERE)

In Brazil, 3 men escape a close encounter only to realize it lasted hours longer than any of them realized. In Canada, a thirteen-year-old boy is temporally blinded after investigating a strange object near his home.